Example sentences of "it possible [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it possible to arrange a different time for the accounts to be returned ? |
| 2 | But , in those terms , taking the very wide range of social systems which were studied by the first generation of British social anthropologists as a model ( the list includes the Trobrianders , the Tikopia , the Bemba , the Tswana , the Azande , the Nuer , the Nupe , and the Tallensi among others ) , is it possible to formulate a useful stereotype of what this notional entity " a primitive society " or " a savage ( wild ) society " is like ? |
| 3 | While some tests provide summary scores which reflect success and failure on different items , other tests make it possible to derive a numerical score for the whole test which reflects an individual 's test performance relative to that of other individuals . |
| 4 | Is it possible to cook a three-course family meal in under 30 minutes ? |
| 5 | However , the problem for competition policy is that trade-offs are more or less ubiquitous , and only in a few cases ( price fixing or market sharing are examples ) is it possible to reach an unambiguous verdict . |
| 6 | Whether it is so curved that it closes in on itself ( like a balloon ) , thus making it possible to do a round trip of the Universe in a straight line , we simply do n't know . |
| 7 | But how is it possible to reconcile a variable rate of capital formation with a fixed stock of capital ? |
| 8 | ( " Paul Nizan : Novel Communist " ) ( 2 ) Is it possible to reconcile an ideological commitment to the French communist party with the literary integrity of Nizan the writer ? |
| 9 | Now , an amazing new technique has made it possible to produce an accurate facsimile of Tutankhamun 's mummy which will form the centre-piece of the Exhibition . |
| 10 | This type of ‘ client-server ’ architecture also makes it possible to provide a uniform way for users to talk to applications running on different platforms . |
| 11 | It does seem to me an extraordinary catalogue of errors erm and one can well understand how errors take p er could , could have occurred during the somewhat co chaotic passage of the Railways Bill er what , what can not be understood and what is quite inexcusable is , is the fact that no steps adequate steps have been taken to correct those errors and to assure the er continued existence of a er Transport Police which er h h has the sole responsibility for er policing large public spaces in , in this country and er as the Noble Lord has made clear , er does it honour er very considerable scale , very effectively er I hope that the Minister will find it possible to make a favourable reply to the arguments which have been raised . |
| 12 | A recently patented process by the company Woodbenders has made it possible to make a made-to-measure arch with preformed wood or mdf . |
| 13 | Is such evidence available anywhere else and is it possible to suggest a general model of settlement development which may apply to local studies elsewhere in the country ? |
| 14 | Is it possible to fit an after market turbo to this engine . |
| 15 | Is it possible to fit an electric fan in front of the radiator and would this give sufficient cooling for pulling a heavy load up very long and steep gradients ? |
| 16 | The assumption was that the creation of larger authorities ( with larger budgets ) would attract less parochial ( more managerial ) councillors and also make it possible to attract a different sort of officer , less tied to the narrowness of existing departmental boundaries with a management style closer to that of the major corporations in the private sector . |
| 17 | But this growth makes it possible to obtain an additional supply of goods . |
| 18 | Is it possible to straighten a crooked canvas ? |
| 19 | The issue raised by Hadow and developed by Plowden was simply this — is it possible to construct an educational programme which will meet in broad terms the needs of young children and adequately prepare them for secondary schooling , the stresses and strains of adolescence and adulthood beyond ? |
| 20 | Only later were , was one to find it possible to develop a small comedy action or a small dramatic action on the screen , this would be around nineteen hundred and three , four , five , about five or six years from the beginning , that films of this sort would make . |
| 21 | That feature makes it possible to develop an object-oriented program that has learning capabilities . |
| 22 | Middlemas recognises that " the accepted version of the constitution … has become inadequate " ; he asks " is it possible to discover a hidden code which explains more fully the behaviour of political parties , other institutions and government ? " ; and he argues that it is possible to " establish a theory … of British governance " in the first half of the twentieth century " . |
| 23 | If the partners to the Alliance disagreed on matters of policy how was it possible to present a single manifesto ? |
| 24 | The open plan made it possible to have a twelve-foot tree , and we were able to hang presents , quite heavy ones , without its collapsing . |
| 25 | If people are unhappy with the policy that they 've got , by all means talk to the dealer and say is it possible to have an increased coverage , because in the majority of cases erm that can happen . |
| 26 | Is it possible to build a coherent ethic on the principle of awareness alone ? |
| 27 | Not only is it possible to get an accurate computer analysis of the fundamental frequency of speech ( which can be displayed on a screen for someone doing practice on intonation , or can be used in the study of the intonation of large samples of natural speech ) , but it is now possible to get a computer to produce a simple phonetic transcription of what is said to it . |
| 28 | On the positive side , LARSP does make it possible to summarise an enormous amount of information in a highly principled way , and to generate useful hypotheses about strengths and weaknesses which have direct implications for remedial intervention strategies . |